Whites (hxh x OC) (soulmateau)

Chapter 5

We are gathered back on board the airship where the president of the commission, who I discovered is called Netero, announces to us that we are heading towards the third phase of the exam, but that it will take a while and therefore to relax on board.

I say goodbye to Gon and Killua who want to go and explore the ship, then I head towards the cafeteria hopping. I take a tray and help myself before sitting at one of the tables, the cafeteria is almost empty as practically everyone is resting, but still there are some people.

Someone approaches me and sits at the table, "hey how's it going?" a guy asks, he looks familiar, I feel like I should remember his name, but I don't remember it, "who are you?" I ask with a smile, he blinks at me, "I'm Tonpa", the light goes on, a vague memory of someone offering me a poisoned can flashes through my head, "oh the one about the poisoned drink! What do you want?" I ask, still smiling, he remains a bit dumbfounded, "I just wanted to inform you that we don't know when the third test will start so it's not wise to sleep".

I smile at him, "oh don't worry, I can go without sleeping for some days," I smile again, he nods and starts to leave, "hey at least this trick worked on anyone?"

I'm sincerely curious, as well as annoyed by his cheekiness. He doesn't answer me, he just walks away, I turn around to go back to eat, but when I turn there are two people sitting at my table, one is Hisoka who is building a castle of cards, the other is Ghitarrarkur who just stares at me.

I smile, "you shouldn't show up like that, someone might deduce something wrong", I take a bite of the cheese on my plate, "mmh∼ and what can be deduced?∼" says the magician throwing down the castle of cards, "it could be deduced that we want to kill her or that we are following her or many other things" Ghitarrarkur replies logically, I chuckle, "but that wouldn't be like you, you're not boring".

I say in a sweet voice as I take a sip of water, I see Hisoka smiling clearly, Ghitarrarkur instead stares at me with a strange expression, I'm about to speak again when I'm interrupted by someone, a bald guy in Ninja armour.

I frown, again I know I should remember him, but I don't remember who he is, he sits down next to me, "Kumiko-chan, what are you doing?" I blink, "Kumiko-chan? Sorry, could you tell me who you are? I have trouble remembering people... especially boring ones," I say the last part in a whisper so the guy doesn't hear, but I'm pretty sure the other two heard.

"Oh! Don't worry, I'm Hanzo, Han-zo, H-a.-n-z-o" he says, spelling slowly, I look at him sceptical, I have memory problems, I'm not stupid.

I'm about to tell him when he interrupts me, "I wanted to invite you to my dorm, so you can sleep peacefully", I blink twice, then smile more mischievously, "oh don't worry, I'm not going to sleep, but you can keep me company".

I smile and get closer to him, suddenly I feel two bloodlust, which would normally put me on alert, but these instead make me relax and tingle.

I turn towards the two who, however, seem not to pay attention to us, Hanzo is terrified, he babbles something, I smile at him and tilt my head to the side. He gets up, "w-well ma-maybe next time" then he runs away.

I chuckle, shaking my head and going back to my plate. When I finish eating, I get up to take the tray away before returning to the table. As I sit down I see a card flying straight towards my face, I catch it before rotating it, it's an ace of spades.

I sit down and throw it back to Hisoka who catches it, "ooh∼? we have a competitive spirit I see∼", I smile, "I'll take it as a compliment",

"Do you want to play a game my little ace∼?" asks the magician, leaning forward, and handing me the deck of cards, "only if he also plays" I say turning to Ghitarrarkur, "ok", he agrees. My smile widens then I take the deck from Hisoka and I shuffle before passing it back to him.

It's almost dawn now and Hisoka hasn't lost a game, regardless of the game, be it skill or luck, he's clearly cheating and my irritation has reached extreme levels, "you're cheating again" I say in a growl, " but does he always do this?" I ask Ghitarrarkur, apparently they've known each other for a while, he nods while his neck creaks, I snort, "enough" I say dropping the cards.

I feel that in order to win at least one game I could kill someone and that isn't a good thing. I need to calm down, "now, now, don't tell me you're giving up∼ I made you more tenacious∼" the magician asserts as he collects the cards.

"I'm not 'giving up', I'm just reconsidering my game strategy" I explain. It's not a lie I have to find some smart cheating tactics before facing him again. Maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but I'm not going to twiddle my thumbs.

I'd really like to see what he would look like if I beat him at his own game... my thoughts are interrupted by the loudspeaker announcing our arrival at the place of the third test, "grants me the honour∼" says Hisoka holding out his hand, Ghitarrarkur looks at him seriously, "mmh... don't exaggerate clown" with this I get up and leave, going to find the others, behind me Hisoka smiles mischievously "what an interesting toy∼".

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